2 Kings 8:19 Parallel Translations

But for David's sake the LORD didn't want to destroy Judah. The LORD had told David that he would always give him and his descendants a shining lamp.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

ASV:

Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

BBE:

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

DBY:

But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons.

ERV:

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

JPS:

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David His servant's sake, as He promised him to give unto him a lamp and to his children alway.

WBS:

Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.

WEB:

However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.

YLT:

and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp -- to his sons all the days.

2 Kings 8:19 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 7:12 "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 11:36 'But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

8:19 Alway - Until the coming of the Messiah: for so long, and not longer, this succession might seem necessary for the making good of God's promise and covenant made with David. But when the Messiah, was once come, there was no more need of any succession, and the scepter might and did without any inconvenience depart from Judah, and from all the succeeding branches of David's family, because the Messiah was to hold the kingdom forever in his own person, though not in so gross a way as the carnal Jews imagined. A light - A son and successor.

MHC:

8:16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family.

CONC:

Alway Always David Descendants Destroy Destruction Forever Howbeit However Judah Lamp Lord's Maintain Promised Purpose Sake Servant Servant's Sons Willing Yet

Alway Always Children David Descendants Destroy Destruction Forever Howbeit However Judah Lamp Maintain Nevertheless Promised Purpose Sake Servant Servant's Willing Word

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